Well, I have been building street rods and custom cars for 40 years and I can definitely give you good advice.

Do not buy mirrors, posts or a mat to put it on. Instead find out where the local cruise ins are and where the guys gather with their cars on monday night or wednesday night or when ever.

You will have a whole lot more fun driving your car and hanging around with like minded people than you will going to a show trying to compete for a 3 dollar trophy against people who have more money to spend and then having to deal with the politics of show car judging. Bottom line is drive it and enjoy it. Most car guys are great people that is where the fun is.

If you just have to be a car show guy, go to the closest World of Wheels Car Show or other indoor show and you will get all kinds of ideas for a display. The sky is the limit. Mirrors, Platforms, turntables, stantions, etc, etc etc.

Well, I have been building street rods and custom cars for 40 years and I can definitely give you good advice.

Do not buy mirrors, posts or a mat to put it on. Instead find out where the local cruise ins are and where the guys gather with their cars on monday night or wednesday night or when ever.

You will have a whole lot more fun driving your car and hanging around with like minded people than you will going to a show trying to compete for a 3 dollar trophy against people who have more money to spend and then having to deal with the politics of show car judging. Bottom line is drive it and enjoy it. Most car guys are great people that is where the fun is.

If you just have to be a car show guy, go to the closest World of Wheels Car Show or other indoor show and you will get all kinds of ideas for a display. The sky is the limit. Mirrors, Platforms, turntables, stantions, etc, etc etc.

John L

Agreed, The way I see it there's no point in having a car you can't drive and enjoy. Plus I agree that the fun is the people you meet and the ideas and information you share etc. Good luck on the build post up some pictures if you get time.

At 52 years of age I have participated in 1 car show. That was the one and only show I have attended. I did so with my 82 year old grandfather. He was a Model T guy. We went to the show, paid the registration fee, parked my A-bone, and then proceeded to hit the swap meet area and walked through the "show car" area. Then we drank a root beer and left.

He passed last year. I still remember the smile on his face as I rowed through the gears as I left the car show. He was looking out the window, obviously thinking about days gone by.

Do the cruise in's. That's where the guys that built their cars hang out. Car shows... that's where you park your car on the street, check out what's there, and then head home for an oil change, or a tune up, or merely to park your rod and get ready to go to work tomorrow.

Well, I have been building street rods and custom cars for 40 years and I can definitely give you good advice.

Do not buy mirrors, posts or a mat to put it on. Instead find out where the local cruise ins are and where the guys gather with their cars on monday night or wednesday night or when ever.

You will have a whole lot more fun driving your car and hanging around with like minded people than you will going to a show trying to compete for a 3 dollar trophy against people who have more money to spend and then having to deal with the politics of show car judging. Bottom line is drive it and enjoy it. Most car guys are great people that is where the fun is.

If you just have to be a car show guy, go to the closest World of Wheels Car Show or other indoor show and you will get all kinds of ideas for a display. The sky is the limit. Mirrors, Platforms, turntables, stantions, etc, etc etc.

Drive to the show , Have a beer or two, Eat dinner , B.S. about cars , horsepower , make some new buds, look around, check the girls out, jump in and pull away with class. Then smoke up the tires 2 or 3 blocks away. Enjoy when your ready!!

Drive to the show , Have a beer or two, Eat dinner , B.S. about cars , horsepower , make some new buds, look around, check the girls out, jump in and pull away with class. Then smoke up the tires 2 or 3 blocks away. Enjoy when your ready!!

Sorry not intended !! I can send you one of them Sunshine in a can things!! Think about the trade off, soon it will be 100 outside and you will be 68. Perfect horsepower weather. And i will be lagging and stuck in AC or doing 100 in the 50 mile per hour zone!!

I've taken every bit of advice given to me by this forum so far, so I'll do them same here too

Once the car is freshly completed I'll enter one show, then spend the rest of my time enjoying it

That sounds like a plan ant_8u. You can take lots of pictures and it will always be fun to have them of the car on display. What ever you do, I hope you really enjoy the car. Thanks for letting us have a little fun.

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